Adjustable-tension paper holder



3 J. A. HoEGsEI 1, 8

I ADJUSTABLE TENSION PAPER HOLDER 7 Filed Feb.. 16, 1 928 Patented Nov. 11, 19se- VUN T 'D OFFICE .rosnPH A. HOEGGEByOF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY,

ADJUSTABLE-TENSION PAPER OLDER v I' Application filed February 1e,.,19i2s. Serial No; 254,672

r invention relates "to 'improvementsfin holders suchaslare used for carrying toilet paper; roll towelling, or other fabric inrolls which can be pulled. off and severed '5 at desired intervals. Adifliculty in mounting thesej foriuse is that rolls, of diflerent manufacture, andisomet mes of the same "manufacture, have dlfl erent SIZES of: cores.

fThesec oresjaremounted in the paper holder foriconvenienceinzusing,' and sometimes they fit rathertightly, and then again they. are loose. Myinvention is intendedto overcome this "diff culty; and produce j a convenient pape 'h d r n w i h a a f see s can bei' ly Pla d-end iiqp o' e me P "erably operable from" one end of theholder,

for adjusting the tension between the core gdf the roll. "and the body of the,holder,fso that the rollc'an turn with just the desired tension Myin'vention is also intended .to

produce a structure in which the-tension when onceadjusted, will remain constant until 1e 7 adjusted, and to produce a structure in which the adjustment can be most convenientlyeffected. Preferably I have the holder in spool form with the body hollow, and with shoes projecting therefrom atintervals which will co-act with the inner wall of the core ofthe roll so as" to give the desired tension, and

further to arrange for a'quick action and permanent adjustment of the shoes.

- Reference is to be hadto the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification,

in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

of Figure 1.

The holder is in the conventional spool form having end plates 10 and 11. At one end is a conventional trunnion 12 which ex tends into the socket 13 and is pressed outward-by the springl. This arrangement, "is not shown or described in detail because IZhe-"Shaft 18 carries ineans the tensionbetweenthe body 21 and the core of ther'oltwhich it carries. This tension can be; regulated in various gways, but I- have 'shown a'preferred meansj 7 As illustrated-the The discs or collars 24am registering cam slots :29, the o'uteri walls of which-curve inwardly as .shownzinkFigure 3. "'FiXtending through the cam 1 slots are the Ysha'n'ks 530: (of the shoes 7.31 which are illus-v is the customary one which permits the spool to be pushed endwise with reference to one trunnionso as to provide for easily'insorting it inthe holding arms or supports.

At the other end of the spool is a mating 'trun-nion'15, and this preferablyprovided 1 The spool-also'preferably at the ends flanged collars19 and 20 overwhich the body 21 fits snugly. The collar 19 is also fast'to;

the end plate 10., The'collar'20 'i's'rotatably 3 movable withreference-to the body 21 and can be fastened in thedesired position. To

this end the body hasslots 22 therein through which extends'the screws 23. Thus by hold- 'ing the; end plate l O fast andturning on the end plate 11, the plate 11', collar 20, andsha'ft 18 will all turn 'together, and when turned to the desired position the screws 23 tened to hold them positione 7 for adjusting are fasshaft 18, 'carries' discs 24*which are spaced "apart as shown in Figure 1; and which are pierced by the cam slots as presently described. The discsorcollars 24; can be sel cu'red to the shaft in any convenient-iway,but- Ihayeshown a structure which permits of easy assembly [and economical manufacture. gAsshown the collars or discs areheld bya screw 25-.which extends axially through them andith-roughthe squared hub 26 which can the outer disc with reference tov th'exShaft anditheiscrew-he'ad .27.

rovided with "be. an eiitensionfofthe shaft 18 or separate therefrom. A washer 28 is-arranged between trated as simply bent out in U shape from the shank and extending through slots 32 in the body 21. Thus they have a certain springiness in themselves, and a sufficient bearing to act as a brake or tension on the core of the coil of material carried by the spool while the walls of the slots prevent lateral distortion of the shoes. 3

These shanks and consequently the shoes 31 are pressed outward by springs which are arranged in sockets in a supporting plate 33 which is fast to the body 21', and has radial slots34 through which the shanks 30 extend and in which they are movable in and out.

Thus it will be seen that loosening the screws 23 holding theplate 10 in one hand and, turning the platell with the other, the discs or collars 29n1ay be adjusted quickly so as tomove the shanks 30 of the tensioning shoes 31 inand out and establish the desired projection of the shoes, and the screws 23 may then be tightened so that the adjustment willbe made permanent. It will be seen that a the v trunnions 15 can be'unscrewed and, the

plate 11. removed to permit a roll to be readily-placed upon the spool or holder.

From; the foregoing description. it will be understood that the spool or holder described :can be, mounted in the customary or any prefer'redsupporting means, that the roll of vpaper or other fabric can be easily applied tbflitfandthat the tension between theroll and its support can be easily and nicely est'ablished'; It will alsobe evident from-the description which I have given that other means might'be substituted formoving the a parts 30and 31 in and out, or for otherwise i and of one of the spool ends for fixing the position of the shanks with relation to the face of the spool body.

4. A roll paper holder comprising a spool having a hollow body with axially spaced slots therein, shoes extending through the slots of the body and with the shoes on opposite parts of the spool centre connected by a common shank, a yielding pressure medium behind the shoe shanks, a rotatable shaft within the spool body, and means connecting the shaft and shoe shanks for radially adjusting the said shanks and thereby varying the pressure of the shoes which they carry.

5; A roll paper holder comprising a hollow spool, shoes projecting through the face of the spool body and provided with longitudinally extending internal spring shanks, a rotatable disc within the spool body having cam slots therein to receive the shoe shanks, and means for rotating thedisc from one end of the spool to radially position the shanks the shoes which they carry.

'6. A paper roll holder comprisin a hollow spool,shoes projectingthroug guide slots in the face of the spool body and having internal spring'shanks extending lengthwise of the spool, pressure springs behind the shanks, and a rotatable cam mechanism for adjusting the shanks and the shoes which they carry and'out with relation to the face of the body.

, In testimony whereof, I' have signed my name to this specification'this-l lth day of February, :1928.

V n JOSEPH A. HOEGGER.

regulatingthe projection of the shoes '31 shoes projecting outwardly through slots in the body Eofthe spool andhaving spring twithoutaflectingthe principle of the invention; T, i .I claim tervalsmovable in and out beyond the face of the spool'body and extending through guide slots in said body, a yielding backing 1: Afstructure' of 'the kind described comprising a spojoh'shoes at axially spaced infor- .theshoes, and means for adjusting the I :shoesin and outand thereby regulating their tension; H a i 2. Anni-adjustable tension paper holder comprising a spool, yieldingly supported "shoes movablein and out through. slots in the spool'body, a rotatable shaft within the :spool'body', means for turning the'shaft with I relation to the spool body, means controlled by theshaft" for graduatingthe position of i the shoes, and means-fortemporarily fixing v the'position of the shaft and the mechanism 3. A roll paper holder comprising spool,

shankswithin and lengthwise of the spool,

a yielding pressure! medium behind the shanks, andsmeanslaetuated by the movement 

